JPH04632A - Printing device for document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the printing device whose interchangeability is satisfactory by constituting the device so that in the case printable length is shorter than length of a printing area of document data, it is reduced and printed. CONSTITUTION:A paper size set to document data of a document information area 104 and the printable maximum paper size of a machine kind information area 107 are compared by a comparing part 106, and a result of comparison is delivered to a printing control part 105. The printing control part 105 reduces printing data by a reduction processing part 108 in accordance with the result of comparison, and thereafter, delivers it to a printing device control part 109 and prints it by a printing device 110. In such a way, printing can be executed surely by the connected printing device 110 irrespective of restrictions of a paper size, therefore, the document editing device can be utilized smoothly extending from document editing to printing without being aware of length of a printing area of the document data and printable length of the printing device 110, and the useability can be improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printing device for a document editing device, and in particular, the present invention relates to a printing device for a document editing device. The present invention relates to a printing device suitable for large size printing.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, if the paper size set for a document is larger than the maximum printable paper size of the printing device connected to the editing processing device, the document editing device user is warned that printing is not possible. , the print process ended without printing.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional device has the following problems.

When printing document data that has a printable area length that is longer than the printable length of the printing device connected to the editing processing device, print the document with another printing device capable of printing that satisfies the printing area length of the document data. It had to be printed on an editing device.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional method and to provide a compatible printing device that can print document data having a printing area length larger than the printable length of the printing device connected to the editing processing device. Our goal is to provide the following.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above purpose is to provide a means for reducing the data to be printed at the time of printing, a comparison means for comparing the printing area length of the document data set in the document and the printable length of the printing device, and a document data as a result of comparison by this comparison means. When the printable length is shorter than the printing area length, this can be achieved by including a reduction means for printing in a reduced size.

[Operation] If the printable length of the printing device is shorter than the printable area length of the document data, the user of the document editing device can reduce the printable length and print without making it unprintable. It is possible to print without being aware of the printable length of the printing device.

〔Example〕

An embodiment in which the printing method of the present invention is applied to a document editing device will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the operation of a document editing device that is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the print processing procedure of the present invention, and FIG. This is an example of a screen for setting printing conditions, and FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a document editing device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 4, an editing processing device 401 is an input device 402.
Characters, symbols, etc. are inputted from the input device 9 and registered in the storage device 403, displayed on the display device 404, and printed on the printing device 405.

In FIG. 1, a document management control unit 101 is a storage device 10.
2, read the document data from document data buffer 10.
Store in 3. Furthermore, the document management control unit 101
02, or the paper size set for the document data stored in the document data buffer 103 in the document information area 1.
Store in 04. The print control unit 105 is the document management control unit 1
The printer controller 10 receives the document data from the printer controller 10.
Send to 9. At this time, the maximum printable paper size determined by the type of printing device 110 is entered in the model information area 107.
The comparison unit 106 compares the paper size set in the document data in the document information area 104 and the model information area 10.
7 and the maximum printable paper sizes are compared, and the comparison result is passed to the print control unit 105. The print control unit 105 reduces the print data in the reduction processing unit 108 according to the comparison result, and then
It is passed to the printing device control unit 109 and printed by the printing device 110.

Next, the printing method of the present invention will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, the paper size set in the document data stored in the document information area 104 and the maximum printable paper size stored in the model information area 107 are acquired (steps 201 and 202). The comparison unit 106 uses the information acquired here.
(Step 203). As a result of comparison, the print area length determined from the paper size set for one document data is
If the length is less than the printable length determined from the maximum printable paper size, the process moves to step 204, and the initial value of the paper size for printing is set to the paper size set in the document data. As a result of the comparison, if the printable length determined from the maximum printable paper size is shorter than the print area length determined from the paper size set in the document data, the process moves to step 205 and the initial value of the paper size for printing is set. Use the maximum printable paper size. In step 206, a printing condition setting screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed based on the printing paper size initialized in step 204 or step 205. The initial value of the paper size setting item displayed here is the paper size to be printed that was initially set in step 204 or step 205;
If it is the value determined by , a message indicating that reduced printing will be performed is displayed to notify the user of the document editing device. Further, even if the value determined in step 204 is used, if the user of the document editing device selects a paper size smaller than the initial value, a message indicating that reduced printing will be performed is displayed. After setting the printing conditions, if printing with the set paper size is to be reduced (step 207), the reduction processing unit 108 reduces the data to be printed (step 208), step 20
Move on to 9. If the printing based on the set paper size is not reduced, the process moves from step 207 to step 209.

The document data is printed (step 209), and the printing process ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment, if the printable length of the printing device is shorter than the printing area length of the document data, the document data is reduced in size and printed. It is possible to print without being aware of the area length or the printable length of the printing device.

Note that the present invention is not limited to printing characters.

Drawings can also be printed in reduced size, and the concepts of drawings and graphs are included in the document.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, a user of a document editing device can reliably print with a connected printing device regardless of paper size restrictions, so that the user of the document editing device can print the printing area length of the document data and the printable length of the printing device. A document editing device can be used smoothly from document editing to printing without being conscious of it, which is effective in improving usability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing device showing an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the print processing procedure of the present invention; and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of setting printing conditions. An example of a screen, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a document editing device according to the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input device for inputting documents such as characters and figures, a storage device for registering documents input by the input device in a recording medium, and an input device for inputting documents input by the input device or the storage device. an editing processing device that edits a document registered in a recording medium; a display device that displays a document being edited by the editing processing device;
A document editing device comprising: a printing device that prints a document registered in the recording medium or a document being edited by the editing processing device; When printing with a device, a means for reducing data to be printed, a printing area length of document data set in a document registered in the recording medium or a document being edited in the editing device, and a printable length of the printing device. and a reduction means for reducing and printing if the printable length is shorter than the printing area length of the document data as a result of the comparison by the comparison means. Printing for document editing devices.